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Strategy, History, & Goals

Ends, ways, and means. Terrorist organizations are familiar with these concepts and the development of strategy too. Over the course of our history the CTC has studied and released reports and articles about terrorist goals and strategy. Browse the content below to learn more.

November 28, 2023

The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified

Devorah Margolin, Matthew Levitt

September 20, 2023

The Islamic State’s Shadow Governance in Eastern Syria Since the Fall of Baghuz

Aaron Y. Zelin, Devorah Margolin

After Prigozhin: The Future of the Wagner Model in Africa

Christopher Faulkner, Raphael Parens, Marcel Plichta

September 12, 2023

CTC-ICT Focus on Israel: In Word and Deed? Global Jihad and the Threat to Israel and the Jewish Community

Lorena Atiyas-Lvovsky, Eitan Azani, Michael Barak, Assaf Moghadam

August 30, 2023

The Russian Imperial Movement in the Ukraine Wars: 2014-2023

Lucas Webber, Alec Bertina

Caliphs of the Shadows: The Islamic State’s Leaders Post-Mawla

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, Abdul Sayed

July 26, 2023

The General Directorate of Provinces: Managing the Islamic State’s Global Network

Tore Hamming

June 23, 2023

The Quds Force in Syria: Combatants, Units, and Actions

Pierre Boussel

May 23, 2023

The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right

Colin Clarke, Mollie Saltskog, Michaela Millender, Naureen C. Fink

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